Confucius

"It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get. "

Confucius

"There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest. "

Confucius

" To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice. "

Confucius

"The cautious seldom err."

Confucius

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of.
In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of."

Confucius

"Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods."

Confucius

"Ability will never catch up with the demand for it."